"The only reason I could glean was that making a Weird Al music video would detract from his legacy as a serious hip-hop artist," Yankovic said Thursday. "It's very disappointing. This could have been my best video ever."

A representative for Eminem did not immediately return a call Friday.

Eminem parodies himself and other celebrities in some of his most famous videos, including "Without Me," where he depicts himself as a fat Elvis Presley.

Artists who have allowed Yankovic to parody their songs and videos over the years include Michael Jackson -- whose hits "Beat It," and "I'm Bad," became "Eat It," and "I'm Fat" -- and Madonna, whose "Like a Virgin," which became "Like A Surgeon."

Yankovic said the rapper allowed Yankovic to redo the theme song from the hit movie "8 Mile," but said he would need to hear the final mix before granting the video rights. After receiving the final version of the parody -- which pokes fun at television addicts -- the rapper's representatives said he would not allow a video.

"We started preproduction on (the video) already, because we just assumed that there wouldn't a problem," Yankovic said.

Yankovic said Eminem also refused to allow him to release the song as a commercial single. It's the first cut on his 11th album, "Poodle Hat," which also parodies songs by Avril Lavigne and rapper Nelly. It's due out May 20 on Way Moby/Volcano Records.

Although Yankovic says he's grateful to Eminem for allowing him to parody his song, he's still lamenting what would have been his "most ambitious" video ever -- heady words, coming from a man who dressed up like Jackson in a fat suit for the video "I'm Fat."

"You'll just have to listen to the song and close your eyes and imagine what might have been," chuckled Yankovic.

Well Maybe EMINEM just doesn't like Weird AL. Not everyone is a fan YVOND. The thing is Weird AL does what all of us did when we were little. Some of us may still do it from time to time. We usually slap ourselves out of it though. Weird AL just throughs in his own words and acts goofy we have all done that. And because most of us still do it, it makes that talent of weird al not so unique.

Eminem's Video's are usually serious, or just plain funny. I think maybe he wants to be the creative one, instead of having AL rip off one of his own.
Anyways, knowing the video who's fat. (I laughed at that.) I am sure it would be funny. But I still find all to be really annouying. So if I was an artist I would say no too.

But why were you guys pissed when Cocles started changing posts? Cause you regard them as yours, right, and you didn't want somebody else fucking with it? Maybe if you had laughed when Cocles did that, and said, hehe, that's pretty funny... but you didn't.

It's his stuff.

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Ha, when I first saw the title I rolled my eyes. But he really does suck for this! What a poopy-pants.

At least he's not as bad as Coolio, who got mad at Weird Al for just doing the song "Amish Paradise".

Yvond
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Sat May 10, 2003 2:29 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Coolio was just as bad...but when they did that Award show together (MTV?), and Coolio looked, well, less than pleased when Weird Al came out dressed identically to him--priceless.

"What's up homie?" didn't get much of a response. LOL

Yak E. Tory
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Sat May 10, 2003 11:34 pm Post subject:

Seriously... that was a beautiful comic moment... when Wierd Al had his hair all Coolioed up. RRRrrrrrrr..... angry Coolio. Angry Eminem.

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Sun May 11, 2003 1:20 am Post subject:

Ahhh, I love the parody exception to copyright law. Everything would be sooo sucky without it.

Cocles editing posts isn't really comparable to this, though... not that I ever saw any of that. I find the mere thought of this annoying though, unless he had a justified cause, like discussion of illegal things or stuff that's against the rules (there's rules here?)... A practical joke it may be, but a parody it is not, and unethical I think it is. </Yoda>